Stone Cold, P.40-83: Show your understanding

1)      Why does Shelter want to add Ginger and Link to his victims? (page 75)

2)      Why do you think ‘dossers’ like to get together in groups?

3)      How bad would conditions have to be for Link to consider going home?

4)      Do you feel any sympathy for Link and Ginger?

-          Hunger

-          Cold, wet feet

-          Cold hands, body

-          Tired – can’t sleep at night

5)      Why would Ginger have to write ‘NON-ALCOHOLIC HOMELESS’ on his card? (page 77)

6)      Why can’t Link get a job? Whose fault is this?

7)      Why is Link hurt that Ginger doesn’t ask him along to meet up with his mates?

8)   Consider the language Shelter uses on pages 81-83. What does it tell us about him as a person?

◦      Code

◦      Name

◦      Planned

◦      Executed

◦      Debriefing

◦      Operation

◦      Tactics

◦      Target etc.

      9) How does Shelter succeed in splitting up Ginger and Link? (pages 81-83)

10) What does this incident tell us about how Ginger feels about Link?

11) Does Shelter feel any remorse for his actions? How does he feel about what he does? (pages 81-83)

12) Why does Link feel he’s been abandoned by Ginger?

13) What information does the newspaper man give Link? (pages 85-86)

14) What does Toya think has happened to Ginger?

15) Link says ‘…that’s the secret. Don’t let anybody close’ (67). Do you agree or disagree with this?

16) Consider the way Link treats Gail. Is this fair? Why does he eventually sit down?

17) Write definitions for the words 'tension' and 'suspense'.

18) Using page 61, write a PEE paragraph that answers the following question:

How does Swindells build tension and suspense on page 61?

You could begin with the following sentence openers:

P: Swindells builds tension and suspense on page 61 by...

E: This is shown by the following quotation:

E: The word(s) '...' gives the impression that...